What an absolute monster of a weird week for the Toronto Raptors.
Beginning this odyssey, the Raptors suffered a ten-point loss that featured a now routine fourth quarter meltdown to an Oklahoma City Thunder team that was missing Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Luguentz Dort, and even veteran Al Horford. After that embarrassing loss and a couple of days of rest, Toronto calmly decided to obliterate the Golden State Warriors by a franchise-high 53 points — no big deal. As if that excitement weren’t enough, newcomer Gary Trent Jr. popped a game-winning three pointer at the buzzer in Raul Neto’s exuberantly acted face, only to follow that gem up by getting absolutely spanked by the short-handed Los Angeles Lakers who were missing LeBron James, Anthony Davis, and even “veteran” Andre Drummond.